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• European markets opened slightly lower on Monday morning, as investors looked ahead to a trading week in which the Federal Reserve is likely to hike interest rates.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down around 0.16 percent shortly after the opening bell, with almost all sectors and major bourses in negative territory.

• Asian share markets traded mixed on Monday as caution gripped investors in a week in which the Federal Reserve is likely to hike U.S. interest rates and perhaps signal that as many as three more lie in store for the rest of the year.

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS eased 0.35 percent, but China .CSI300 managed to eke out some gains.

• Tokyo stocks dropped to their lowest in more than a week on Monday, with most sectors in negative territory as confidence was undercut by opinion polls showing support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe falling fast as a cronyism scandal grips the country.

The Nikkei share average ended 0.9 percent lower to 21,480.90, its lowest close since March 9 and dropping below its 25-day moving average of 21,674.28.

• China stocks ended higher on Monday, with gains led by healthcare firms, after Beijing formed a new economic team.

At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.3 percent at 3,279.25

Reference: Reuters, CNBC